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Description

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CLASS 45 «. GROUP

VALENTIN SCHMID in NEUHAUSEN, Switzerland and AUGUST from OW in BÜSINGEN, Baden.

Tools (fork, shovel).

Patented in the German Empire on June 14, 1908.

There are already garden tools and Schanz tools known, which with a movable Shovel blade are provided, which is found in various angular positions to the handle can be used to use the device both as a shovel and as a pick. The same are already in place of shovel blades used to make the use of such a forks

ίο tool as a fork or rake or karst to enable.

The subject of the present invention is a new type of garden tool which can be set as a shovel, spade, pick, prick fork, throwing fork or karst and can therefore be used for all gardening work. The main purpose of the invention is to create a device for those people who do horticulture as a secondary occupation which combines the previously common individual devices ⁵ necessary for the various jobs in a single tool in order to reduce the acquisition costs.

The drawing shows an example of an embodiment of the subject matter of the invention by

Fig. Ι shown partly in section and partly in side view, while

Fig. 2 illustrates an individual part in section and

Fig. 3 shows a section along the line AB of Fig. Ι shows.

At the lower end of a stem α a sleeve b is attached, in which a bolt c is slidably arranged in a known manner; The latter is under the influence of a helical spring d, which holds the bolt in engagement with a rounded, approximately spherical head e of a blade f provided with incisions e ¹ , e ² , e ^3.

The bolt c can be moved counter to the pressure of the spring d by means of a head screw reaching through a slot g of the sleeve b and brought out of engagement with the incisions e ¹ , e ² , e ^{3 of} the head e . The slot g is covered by a plate i in order to prevent the ingress of dust and dirt. The blade f is rotatable about a bolt k which is releasably fastened in the sleeve b. On the lower end of the sleeve δ a second sleeve I (Fig. 2) is arranged displaceably and lockable by means of a head screw m , in such a way that it covers the head e and prevents dust and dirt from entering the sleeve δ.

This sleeve has the further purpose of securing the bolt, which, as FIG. 3 shows, is simply inserted through the head β , against falling out, so that it can easily be removed after the latter has been pushed back. The sleeve / is provided with an incision I ^{1 so} that it can also be pushed over the head of the shovel or fork when it is in position II.

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Claims (1)

In the position of the shovel f drawn with full lines in FIG. ¹ , in which the bolt c engages in the incision e 1, the device is suitable as a spade. · ■. . . If the device is to be used ^{as a} throwing shovel, the head screw h is loosened a little and the bolt c is brought out of engagement with the incision e ^{1 by means of the} same, so that the shovel is in the through ίο position I indicated by dash-dotted lines can be rotated and set at an obtuse angle to the handle α . After releasing the screw h , the bolt c snaps under the influence of the spring d into the incision ß ² and secures the shovel in its position. To prevent unintentional loosening of the bolt, screw h is tightened again. If the device is to serve as a hoe, after loosening the bolt d, the shovel is turned into the dot-dash position IΓ, in which the bolt with the incision e? engaged got. '\. _. . The device can also be equipped with a fork (not shown) which is used in place of the shovel f and which has the same head as the shovel f. The latter is removed after the bolt k has been removed so that the fork can be inserted . In position I the fork forms a fork for digging up the earth, in position II a throwing fork (dung fork or pitchfork) and finally in position III a karst or rake. I To make it easier to change the shovel, -can ■ a screwdriver can be housed in the upper end of the handle. - ■ Patent claim: Garden tool with an interchangeable, rotatable and lockable about a bolt Tool (fork, shovel), characterized in that the loading ; fortifying studs, dei; through the head of the Tool and -dje holes in the handle end 'is pushed through, one on the handle end sliding sleeve is pushed that on the one hand secures the pivot pin against falling out and on the other hand the joint protects against dust and dirt. 1 sheet of drawings.